Talking Aerospace Today

One of the most interesting aspects of advanced air mobility (AAM) is companies’ desire to make AAM vehicles autonomous, capable of flying without a human pilot. Of course, creating self-flying vehicles such as these involves many difficulties in technology, regulations, and cultural acceptance. However, there is one industry that has been pursuing autonomous vehicles with great success that the AAM sector can learn from: automotive.In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined by Nand Kochhar, Vice President for Automotive and Transportation for Siemens Digital Industries Software. Together, they begin their discussion on the automotive industry’s experiences regarding vehicle autonomy and how they could be applied to aerospace companies hoping to do the same with AAM.In this episode, you will learn: Why making AAM autonomous is important The different levels of vehicle autonomy according to the automotive industry The key drivers behind the push for autonomy The importance of safety in designing autonomous AAM  Connect with Todd Tuthill: LinkedIn Connect with Nand Kochhar:LinkedInConnect with Patty Russo:LinkedInResources:Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Advanced air mobility (AAM) is a new classification of aircraft that can provide a new form of aerial transportation for short distances, with a wide range of applications. Even better, it might even see use within the next decade thanks to multiple companies developing their own AAM vehicle programs. Of course, developing and operating a new type of aircraft is bound to run into new obstacles. What can be done to assist companies in navigating them?In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D for Siemens Digital Industries Software, continues his introduction of the concept of AAM. After reiterating the four key challenges companies working in AAM will be facing he then describes how digital transformation can help companies overcome the hurdles of AAM development, and how such a digital transformation would be different for legacy aerospace companies and newer AAM startups. In this episode, you will learn: The most significant challenges for AAM programs How digital transformation can bolster AAM development How digital transformation will be different between new startups and established A&D companies  Connect with Todd Tuthill:LinkedInConnect with Patty Russo:LinkedInResources:Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

The aerospace and defense industry has so many exciting technologies being developed. One that might be brought to fruition in the coming years is advanced air mobility (AAM), a new class of aircraft that promises fast transport for cargo and passengers across short distances such as between and within cities. However, there are multiple challenges to overcome to see AAM vehicles become widespread. How can digital transformation aid that goal?In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D for Siemens Digital Industries Software, kicks off a new arc exploring AAM and its challenges by introducing the concept of AAM vehicles. He goes into the different requirements and considerations AAM has compared to traditional aircraft, and identifies the four key challenges for companies in the AAM sector. In this episode, you will learn: The definition of what AAM vehicles are How they differ from existing aircraft The largest challenges companies working in AAM will face  Connect with Todd Tuthill: LinkedIn Connect with Patty Russo:LinkedInResources:Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.The rapid rise of AI in recent years has taken the world by storm. While there are bound to be some obstacles in its implementation, the number of new opportunities it presents for businesses is immense. Aerospace and defense in particular is prime to benefit from the inclusion of AI into its engineering processes.In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined again by Barclay Brown, Associate Director for AI Research for Collins Aerospace and leader for the AI Systems Working Group at INCOSE. They discuss what AI can bring to the A&D industry, how engineers could best utilize it in their work, and why companies should embrace AI sooner rather than later.In this episode, you will learn: Ways AI can benefit the A&D industry specifically More barriers to unleashing AI’s full potential How AI could improve engineers’ workflows Why people should start embracing AI today Connect with Todd Tuthill:LinkedInConnect with Barclay Brown, Ph.D., ESEP:LinkedInConnect with Patty Russo:LinkedInResources:Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.With the conclusion of the exploration of digital transformation maturity, the podcast now examines one of the key aspects that appeared throughout every stage: artificial intelligence. Previous episodes have discussed recent innovations in AI and potential applications in aerospace and defense, but what can AI do for the industry further down the line?In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined by Barclay Brown, Associate Director for AI Research for Collins Aerospace and leader for the AI Systems Working Group at INCOSE. Together, they begin to discuss a more forward-looking vision than usual for AI in aerospace and how it can potentially lead to the advanced forms of engineering once thought impossible outside of science-fiction.In this episode, you will learn: How quickly AI is rising across industries The challenges holding back the adoption of AI How to address concerns about trust and handling proprietary data The extent of where AI can be applied in hardware and engineering tools Connect with Todd Tuthill:LinkedInConnect with Barclay Brown, Ph.D., ESEP:LinkedInConnect with Patty Russo:LinkedInResources:Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.Digitalization efforts made in the aerospace and defense industry today have already done wonders in accelerating engineering workflows and reducing the amount of labor for A&D programs. The last stage of digital transformation maturity, closed-loop optimization, promises to build on those achievements and revolutionize the industry further.In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined by Thierry Olbrechts, Director for Siemens’s Aerospace Industry Solutions, Simcenter Simulation and Test Portfolio. They continue their conversation on closed-loop optimization from the previous episode, discussing how it can benefit more than just product design and why companies should begin building their optimization capabilities now.In this episode, you will learn: How closed-loop optimization extends across the product lifecycle Why optimization’s impact across the product lifecycle matters How optimization builds on digitalization’s achievements in reducing manual interactions Why companies should start investing in optimization capabilities now Connect with Todd Tuthill:LinkedInConnect with Thierry Olbrechts:LinkedInConnect with Patty Russo:LinkedInResources:Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.After delving into automation, AI, and generative design, the podcast’s exploration of digital transformation maturity is almost at its end. Now is the time to discuss the fifth and final stage of the journey, closed-loop optimization, and how it builds upon and adds to the previous stages that came before it.In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined by Thierry Olbrechts, Director for Siemens’s Aerospace Industry Solutions, Simcenter Simulation and Test Portfolio. They introduce closed-loop optimization in the context of digital transformation maturity, and begin using the space industry as a use case as to how closed-loop optimization can improve upon the industry’s engineering workflows.In this episode, you will learn: What closed-loop optimization is in the context of digital transformation maturity How engineering workflows and optimization worked in the space industry’s past How digital transformation and tools have already transformed those workflows How closed-loop optimization can improve them even further Connect with Todd Tuthill:LinkedInConnect with Thierry Olbrechts:LinkedInConnect with Patty Russo:LinkedInResources:Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.Generative design has a long history with the mechanical engineering domain, stretching all the way back to early attempts at topology optimization. Yet what generative design capabilities exist today for engineers to use now, and what will they look like as time goes on?In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined by John O’Connor, Director of Aerospace Product and Management at Siemens. They discuss what generative design looks like mechanical engineering today and how it might change, as well as how generative design can safely use company’s proprietary data to build new designs.In this episode, you will learn: The capabilities of generative design for mechanical systems today Generative design’s relationship to a company’s proprietary data The time-saving potential generative design allows The future direction of generative design Connect with Todd Tuthill:LinkedInConnect with John O’Connor:LinkedInConnect with Patty Russo:LinkedInResources:Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.The last two episodes introduced the concept of generative design in the context of digital transformation maturity and how it could benefit the design of electrical systems. However, generative design is not uniform across engineering domains, with each domain having a different history regarding generative design and different design requirements to consider.In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined by John O’Connor, Director of Aerospace Product and Management at Siemens, to explore what generative design means for the mechanical domain.In this episode, you will learn: The definition of generative design and how it differs from generative AI How generative design benefits engineers How generative design for mechanical systems differs from generative design for electrical systems The history of generative design for mechanical engineering Connect with Todd Tuthill:LinkedInConnect with John O’Connor:LinkedInConnect with Patty Russo:LinkedInResources:Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.Generative design is approaching on the horizon thanks to recent innovations in artificial intelligence. Yet what specific benefits does it bring to aerospace companies, and how can they reassure people who might be distrustful of the technology?In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined again by Anthony Nicoli, Senior Director for Aerospace at Siemens, to discuss how people can learn to trust generative design as they did with previous new technologies, why the A&D industry should adopt generative design, and why it should starting doing so now rather than later.In this episode, you will learn: What users of AI in generative processes think of the technology How the A&D industry can learn to trust generative algorithms How trends in the A&D industry will influence the adoption of generative design Ways generative design will benefit future aerospace design Why companies should begin investing in generative design now Connect with Todd Tuthill:LinkedInConnect with Anthony Nicoli:LinkedInConnect with Patty Russo:LinkedInResources:Siemens Aerospace & Defense website